OROFACIAL PHANTOM PAIN - THEORY AND PHENOMENOLOGY

Authors
MARBACH JJ
Citation
Jj. Marbach, OROFACIAL PHANTOM PAIN - THEORY AND PHENOMENOLOGY, The Journal of the American Dental Association, 127(2), 1996, pp. 221-229
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
The Journal of the American Dental Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028177
Volume
127
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
221 - 229
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8177(1996)127:2<221:OPP-TA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Developing a treatment strategy for patients who are in chronic pain c an be challenging for any health care professional, particularly when traditional measures to relieve pain are ineffective. Pain treatment c an be further complicated by phenomena. known as phantom pain-most oft en associated with limb amputation. The author describes three phantom syndromes experienced in the orofacial region: phantom tooth pain, ph antom bite syndrome end intraoral stump pain.